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"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."
"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."
"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
"In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you."
"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre."
"On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches."
"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
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